NM History Final Exam Review

What is a Pan-Indian identity?

The state of NM is subject to the federal government

Why was the Navajo Code kept a secret for so long?

Struggle by residents of Taos Pueblo to protect their sacred property

Court ruling requiring prison reforms

The availability of water determines patterns of urbanization and economic development.

Region that suffered long drought and high winds on the Great Plains

Corrupt group of politicians, lawyers, and businessmen

Who determines the structure and function of tribal government?

New Mexico's first state governor

Fought the Bursum Bill

What was a common problem between the government and Native American tribes when making treaties?

Place in NM where the atomic bomb was first tested

Conflict between the US and the Soviet Union, 1945-1991

Organization formed to try to win back lost land grants

Homesteaders had 5 years to "prove up". What does this mean?

Fought for Native American voting rights

Hispanic Rough Rider captain in the Spanish-American War

Which of the following was an impact of the New Deal on NM?

Nicknames for the bombs dropped on Japan

What reversed the Dawes Act, giving self-determination and cultural control back to Native Americans?

What type of communities do acequia systems serve today?

Former lunger who became First Lady of New Mexico in the 1930s.

This limited the political activity of federal employees

Native tribes are recognized as NATIONS

Lead scientist at Los Alamos during WWII

What has been the impact of NM's cultural artifacts on the state since WWII

What is the top-down order of government?

Nuclear waste storage site near Carlsbad

Controversial 1918 message sent by Germany to Mexico

Acequia systems tie NM to it's cultural past

Why did Hispanic farmers lose their land grants?

Code name for atomic bomb development project

Most famous American female artist

What two events strengthened a national Native American identity?

Required service in the military

Which of the following was a major impact of WWII on NM?

What TWO main Hispanic rights were leaders most concerned about protecting in the State Constitution?

How has tribal gaming benefitted the tribes in NM?

National scandal leading to the conviction of Albert B. Fall

The American Punitive Expedition

Fought for women's voting rights in New Mexico

What is a major-minority state?

The forced relocation of Navajos to Bosque Redondo

U.S general who led the American Punitive Expedition into Mexico to find Pancho Villa